OC Judge Shellacks Cypress Cafe Killer

I'm guessing that Stephenson Choi Kim won't be able to serve his entire sentence for a 2004 Cypress restaurant gang shooting.

On Friday, Kim--who was convicted of murder, six counts of attempted murder and gang enhancements at a 2011 jury trial--officially learned that he would not receive the leniency he and his family sought.

Superior Court Judge John Conley, a former prosecutor, left no room for guessing how seriously he views Kim's crimes.

Conley sentenced him to consecutively serve seven life terms and then an extra 155 years, according to court records.

Kim, the little tough guy who went by his Asian criminal street gang moniker "Dragon," entered a crowded Fifth Wave Cafe in March 2004, walked up to a table, and began shooting at people he'd never met.

R. Scott Moxley’s award-winning investigative journalism has touched nerves for two decades. An angry congressman threatened to break Moxley’s knee caps. A dirty sheriff promised his critical reporting was irrelevant and then landed in prison. Corporate crooks won’t take his calls. Murderous gangsters mad-dogged him in court. The U.S. House of Representatives debated his work. Pusillanimous cops have left hostile messages using fake names. Federal prosecutors credited his stories for the arrest of a doctor who sold fake medicine to dying patients. And a frantic state legislator literally caught sleeping with lobbyists sprinted down state capital hallways to evade his questions in Sacramento. Moxley has won Journalist of the Year honors at the Los Angeles Press Club and been named Distinguished Journalist of the Year by the LA Society of Professional Journalists.